Conference for Church Pastors and Lay Leaders “How to Minister to Job Seekers in Your Community” Look Who’s Coming Saturday, February 27 Roswell United Methodist Church| 814 Mimosa Blvd. | Roswell, GA R EGISTRATION R EQUIRED Bethany UMC Cairo UMC Regular Closes Feb 26 Cascade UMC Pay at Door Central UMC For more information contact I nc l u de s br e a k f a s t & l u nc h $25 $30 ( m u s t b e p r e‐ re g i s te re d ) Click here to Register Online Today Christian Financial Ministries Christians Living for Christ Church of the Apostles in Atlanta Community Church of God Schedule for Saturday, February 27th Eastminster Presbyterian 8:00 – 9:00 Registration and Breakfast Episcopal Church of St. Peter & St. Paul 9:00 – 9:30 Welcome by Jay Litton, Prayer by John Harper Allowing Lay Ministries to thrive by Rev. Mike Long Breakout Agenda Review by Katherine Simons. Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta Fellowship Bible Church First Baptist Church of Cumming First Presbyterian Church Hickory Flat UMC 10:45 – 11:15 Breakout #3 then 10 minute break Hillside UMC 11:25 – 12:00 Georgia Dept of Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond Jodeco Road UMC Life Center 12:20 – 1:00 Peter Bourke ‐ Modeling Faith Based Dinner Program Martinez UMC 1:00 – 1:15 Break McEachern UMC Mt Paran North Church North Point Community 1. Workshops that Work! Interview, Resume, Start Your Own Business Workshops and others that you can leverage to add meaningful content to your Ministry. Richard Kirby, Bill Williams, Tim Morrison North River Church of Christ Northbrook UMC 2. Adding Faith to the Job Search ‐ Faith Based Sessions and/or Dinner Programs. Discover the various ways to add a faith discussion to your meetings. Mary Schaeffer, Roger Davis, Bill Goff, John Harper, Bob Kashey Peachtree Corners Christian Church Peachtree Road UMC Prospect UMC, Lawrenceville 3. Resume Reviews: One‐on‐One and Remote Resume Reviews. The #1 issue most job seekers want help with. Pat Holt, Craig Simons, Barbara Marks, Eric West Ringgold UMC Roswell Presbyterian 4. Industry Guides: Connecting Job Seekers to employed volunteers via phone after each meeting. Dramatically increase your number of volunteers since Industry Guides don’t have to come to any meetings! Gary Shaar, Michael DuBois, Melton Hood, Neil Ginn Simpsonwood UMC St. Andrews UMC St. James UMC St. Peter Chanel Hosted by: Breakouts Newnan First UMC WOF Worldwide Ministries Phone: 404.518.1377 2:15 Closing MUST Ministries Zion Baptist Roswell [email protected] 1:15 – 2:15 Best Practices Panel Q&A Panel of Lay Leaders in Metro Atlanta Includes a session specifically around Marketing, PR and Prayer. McKendree UMC Wesley Chapel UMC 12:05 – 12:20 Break and Lunch Buffet in preparation for Peter Bourke Liberty Hills UMC Unity North Atlanta 10:10 – 10:40 Breakout #2 then 5 minute break Gainesville First UMC Tate UMC Kay Holmquist @ 770.261.1766 Church Office @ 770.993.6218 or Katherine Simons Email: 9:35 – 10:05 Breakout #1 then 5 minute break First UMC of Lawrenceville Suwanee Parish UMC Roswell United Methodist Church: 5. Joining a Community of Churches in Career Ministry ‐ Crossroads Career® Network: Don’t do this by yourself – take advantage of the resources and community that Crossroads Career Network provides volunteers and Job Seekers (Career Explorers). Brian Ray 6. How to Start Tomorrow from Scratch: Learn from volunteers from churches (non‐RUMC) that have started Career Ministries from scratch the last couple years. Learn what worked and what didn’t. Dan Guelzo, Chris Gilliam, Curt Englemann, Reed Harvey, Bill Lins 7. Weekly Accountability Groups – Christ Centered Career Groups (C3G): Small accountability groups of 5‐7 men or 5‐7 women that meet on a weekly basis is the theme behind C3G. Learn how the method behind one of the fastest growing ideas in Atlanta. Peter Bourke 8. Program Ideas to Generate Interest: Are you looking for ideas to spark interest in your meetings? Learn about the various formats that you can put in place for exciting meetings. Katherine Simons